Help is Just a Phone Call Away

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, help is just a phone call away for veterans in southeast Texas, thanks to the VA Network Telecare Center, located at the Houston VA Medical Center.

The Telecare Center is staffed by professionally trained, registered nurses who are experienced in telephone assessment of medical situations and crisis intervention. Telecare nurses provide both medical and emotional support. They are trained to provide symptom analysis, instruction on first-aid procedures, help with stress and anxiety, answer medication questions, explain lab-test results, educate patients about specific diseases, and check appointments.

The VA Network Telecare Center can be called anytime at (713) 794-8985 or toll free at 1-800-639-5137.

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